the three best cities to welcome 2024

The world is preparing to definitively leave 2023 behind and welcome 2024.

Logically, not all countries celebrate the arrival of the New Year at the same time (this depends on the 24 time zones that were established on the planet) and there are two island countries that will be the first to celebrate: Kiribati and Samoa.

Located in the South Pacific, these small islands will receive 2024 shortly before three other nearby nations: Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand, the first place in the world with a significant population.

However, the largest country in Oceania is Australia and the beautiful city of Sydney is the one with the most advanced time zone.

Of course, shortly after it will be the turn of Japan, South Korea, China, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Brunei, Mongolia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar, among other Southeast Asian countries.

Taking into account the symbolic weight of the great Australian celebration and its strategic geographical location, below we review three of the best cities in the world where it would be worth starting a New Year or, at least, following the celebrations through networks and the media .

When the fireworks start to pop and shine on Sydney Harbor and Opera Housein Buenos Aires it will only be 10 in the morning on December 31.

The celebrations in Sydney are so emblematic that the Australian city has an official website about its New Year’s Eve (MY)that is, New Year’s Eve (or New Year’s Eve, as they call it in several countries).

With its epicenter at the Bay Bridge, on Sunday the 31st at 7:30 p.m. the “Smoking Ceremony” will begin, a ritual of purification and unity of native plants on the Tribal Warrior, Mari Nawi and Wirawi ships.

Starting at 8:30 p.m. there will be projections and special effects on the harbor bridge towers, with a tribute to the 50 years of the Sydney Opera House, which will show historical moments in images.

At 9 p.m. there will be a call for the country’s fireworks; at 9:15 p.m., boats with lights will create a visual spectacle in the port; and at midnight the New Year will be received with a great fireworks show over the Bridge, the Sydney Opera House and some of the city’s most iconic places.

Super popular and turned into a classic, the public festival of New Year’s Eve in Río de Janeiro will have a symphony orchestra as the protagonist, along with its traditional fireworks show and an expectant crowd along Copacabana beach to experience one of the most famous celebrations in the world.

The celebration in Rio de Janeiro is massive: on the Copacabana sand, 2 million people dressed in white They usually attend the New Year’s countdown, where the midnight fireworks are the prelude to the musical shows that last until dawn.

The party is free and open to the public. on the beach in the south of the city, with a celebration that is replicated in other areas such as Ramos, Flamengo, Penha, Parque Madureira, Sepetiba, Ilha do Governador and Ilha de Paquetá, as well as the neighborhoods of Praça Mauá and Bangu.

After the fireworks, the shows will take place on two stages: one in front of the Copacabana Palace hotel and another in front of República do Perú street.

In addition to the music performed by the symphony orchestra, the singer Ludmilla, one of the names of Brazilian funk, will be one of the attractions of the Copacabana Stage, along with the vocalists Glória Groove, Luísa Sonza and Nattan.

The closing of the show will be to the rhythm of samba, with the current Carnival champions: the Imperatriz Leopoldinense school. And on the second stage, traditional samba artists such as Jorge Aragão, Teresa Cristina and Diogo Nogueira will perform, with the pagode singer Belo, and the runner-up school Viradouro.

Rio also has a wide range of private New Year’s Eve parties, including food, drinks and live entertainment, with prices ranging from $80 to $300 per person on average. These are places with a privileged view, such as hotels or houses that offer the possibility of enjoying the Copacabana fires in the front row but with more comfort.

The kiosks located on the Atlantic Avenue waterfront also usually offer dinners to enjoy the show.

What does “Réveillon” mean? The word has French origin and comes from “réveiller”, which means to wake up or get up, among other synonyms. It began to be used in Brazil to identify social events – such as dinners and cocktails – between nobles in the 17th century during the reign of Pedro II, which were usually held on the eve of important dates and lasted all night.

In this way, Reveillon alludes to an “awakening of the year” with this festival, which is the second most important in Rio after Carnival.

On the official website of Times Squarein New York, there is the clock that marks the countdown until the end of 2023since it is one of the most televised places in the world every New Year.

Like every December, the New Year’s Wishes Wall It will bring together the dreams and intentions for 2024 by the people who, both in person and digitally, send their messages.

Los “confetti wish“will thus be added to more than a ton of confetti that will float at midnight about those gathered in Times Square to celebrate the new year.

As the clock approaches midnight on December 31, eyes across the planet will turn their attention to Times Square. Because New Year’s Eve in the symbolic center of Manhattan has become a global tradition in an event that has been growing since 1904.

With the beginning of 2024 the famous “ball drop” will take place, the ball that has descended on One Times Square since 1907.

At 11:59 p.m., the ball will begin its descent as millions of voices join together to count the last seconds of the year and celebrate the beginning of 2024, full of hopes, challenges and dreams.

The geodesic sphere covered by 2,688 crystal triangles is capable of displaying a palette of more than 16 million vibrant colors and billions of patterns that create a spectacular kaleidoscope effect atop One Times Square.